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MUSEUM OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA, BLACK PUBLIC MEDIA and POV Community Network present —

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African Diaspora Film Club at MoAD | AFTER SHERMAN with Director Jon-Sesrie Goff

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Join us for our bi-monthly series, The African Diaspora Film Club. Modeled after our African Book Club, we will meet every other month to discuss a film that we have all viewed in advance of the discussion. The conversation will be moderated by Cornelius Moore, a longtime director at California Newsreel and film series curator at MoAD. We will be choosing a selection of films, some previously screened at MoAD. You may have already seen it, or this may be your first introduction. In either case, join us for a lively discussion of the film.

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This month we will be discussing AFTER SHERMAN (2022, 88 minutes). AFTER SHERMAN unfolds as a beautifully layered and expressive narrative, delving into the themes of inheritance and the profound tensions that have shaped the collective American history, with focus on the complexities of Black history. The story artfully navigates through the intricacies of the past, painting a vivid portrait of the interplay between heritage and the defining moments that have shaped the nation's identity, particularly through the lens of Black experiences. This event is a collaboration with Black Public Media and POV, the award-winning independent non-fiction film series on PBS www.pbs.org/pov

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We will not be screening the film. AFTER SHERMAN will premiere on POV/PBS on June 26, 2023 and will be available streaming following the premiere. You may stream AFTER SHERMAN here. Black Public Media will host a free community virtual screening of the film on Thursday, August 17 at 6pm (PDT). You can register for that screening here.

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View the film in advance and then join us for the discussion on Sunday, August 20 from 5-6pm (PDT). Note the special time to accommodate the director's time zone.

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Director Jon-Sesrie Goff will join us for the discussion.

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ABOUT THE FILM

Returning to the coastal South Carolina land that his family purchased after emancipation, filmmaker Jon-Sesrie Goff's desire to explore his Gullah/Geechee roots transforms into a poetic investigation of Black inheritance, trauma, and generational wisdom, amidst the violent tensions that define America's collective history. Produced in association with ITVS, Black Public Media, Hedera Pictures LLC.

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ABOUT THE FILMMAKER

Jon-Sesrie Goff is a multidisciplinary artist, curator, and arts administrator. With extensive experience in media and film production, Jon has offered his lens to a variety of projects spanning many genres including the recently released and award-winning documentaries, including Out in the Night (POV, Logo 2015), Evolution of a Criminal (Independent Lens 2015) and Spit on the Broom (2019), among several other projects.

He studied sociology, economics, and theater at Morehouse College (Atlanta, GA), completed his BA at The New School (New York, NY), along with an MFA from Duke University (Durham, NC) in Experimental and Documentary Arts. Jon's work as an educator includes Duke University, Villanova University, and Westchester University.

Jon-Sesrie recently joined the Ford Foundation’s Creativity and Free Expression team as a Program Officer for the foundation’s JustFilms program.  Previously, he was the Executive Director of the Flaherty Film Seminar and worked in the Office of Curatorial Affairs at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture. His personal practice has involved extensive institutional, community, and personal archival research, visual documentation, and oral history interviews in the coastal South on the legacy of Black land ownership and Gullah Geechee heritage preservation. Jon engages with his work from the paradigm of a social change instigator.

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The African Diaspora Film Club is presented in partnership with Black Public Media

Black Public Media (BPM), formerly known as National Black Programming Consortium develops, produces, funds, and distributes media content about the African American and global Black experience. Our mission is to commit to a fully realized expression of democracy and we accomplish this by supporting diverse voices through training, education, and investment in visionary content makers.

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For 40 years, BPM has addressed the needs of unserved and underserved audiences. BPM continues to address historical, contemporary, and systemic challenges that traditionally impede the development and distribution of black stories.

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This event is a collaboration with POV, the award-winning independent non-fiction film series on PBS www.pbs.org/pov

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